Justicialist Party

The Justicialist Party (PJ) is a populist political party in Argentina, founded in 1931 under the name Concordancia and as a conservative party. Its beliefs are currently Peronism, with the Peron family and Kirchner family leading the party during its existence.

History
The Partido Justicialista was founded as the conservative "Concordancia" party in 1931, with Agustin P. Justo leading the party as President of Argentina from 1932 to 1938. The party was dissolved in 1943, but in 1947 Juan Peron founded the modern Justicialist Party to replace the Argentine Labor Party. The Peron family reigned from 1946 to 1955 and from 1974 to 1976, while the Kirchner family reigned from 2003 to 2015 under Nestor Kirchner and Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner; Carlos Menem and Eduardo Duhalde were also presidents. In 2015, it had 32/72 seats in the senate, 119/257 in the Chamber of Deputies, and 16/24 in province governors.